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    Character Interview: The Auction @maupin222 #rlfblog

    The Auction.

    Lyn Austin, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. Let’s talk about
    your book, The Auction.

    Genre: Contemporary Romance
    Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
    Buy links:
    Boroughs Publishing Group http://BoroughsPublishingGroup.com
    Cover artist: Kim Killion
    Length: 85,000 words
    Heat rating: Sensual
    Tagline: In order to conceive a baby, Kat goes to a bachelor
    auction and buys back her ex-husband for a week.
    Blurb:
    Katherine Blake wants a baby. At thirty-three, she has a home
    and an antique business that she loves, but she is running out of time. Kat hasn’t
    had a man in her life that she would even consider fathering her child…except
    her ex-husband.
    Michael Blake is for sale. In support of special-needs children,
    he offers himself up for one week as a prize at a New Year’s Eve local celebrity
    bachelor auction. The result? His ex-wife buys him to finish the restoration of
    the hundred-year-old home they bought shortly after their marriage. Or so he thinks.
    Katherine does expect the remodeling to be finished, but the rest of her plan is
    more devious. She doesn’t need him to rekindle the one-of-a-kind love that led to
    their fairy-tale wedding and he doesn’t have to atone for the mistakes that led
    to their divorce, but he does have to…well, deliver.
    What are your main characters’ names, ages, and
    occupations?
    Katherine Blake – antique dealer, 33
    Michael Blake – Hotelier, mid-thirties
    Grandpa Homer – 83

    Interview with Grandpa Homer

    Tell us about yourself. What are you like?
    Ornery and still a stud, if I must say so myself.
    What do you think is your strongest point?
    Sticktoitiviness. I was married for over fifty
    years and you got to live through the hills and valleys. Granted–sometimes those
    low valleys can be pretty damn deep, but when you’re in one of those valleys you
    have to rest, regroup and take a step back, see what part you played in the problem,
    and start climin’ the mountain again. You don’t
    just give the hell up and walk away.
    Do you have a weakness? (If so, what do you think
    it is? What does your lover think it is? What does your enemy think it is?)
    My Kitty-Kat – my granddaughter. She makes me
    call her Kat now, but she’s still my Kitty-Kat and has been since the day she was
    born.
    What drives you to do the things you do? What
    makes you want to be the “good guy?”
    Hell, I don’t know if I’ve been so good recently,
    as I’ve been working behind the scenes here to get her and Michael back together.
    Damn fools. When she told me they were getting a divorce, sayin’ somethin’ about
    drifting apart, and separate lives, I said horseshit! You don’t
    find what they had but once in a lifetime.
    What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?
    Well now, it’s the same guilty pleasure I had
    with my wife for more than fifty years… I might be slower than I’d like, but I’m
    still active, if ya know what I mean.
    If you didn’t know how old you were how old would
    you be?
    I’m still eighteen in all things that count!
    A biography has been written about you. What
    do you think the title would be in six words or less?
    Never Too Old
    If money were not an object, where would you
    most like to live?
    I’m happy right where I am, with my Kitty-Kat.
    What song would best describe your life?
    I Did it My Way
    If you were a tool, what would people use you
    to do?
    I’d be a fulcrum, an instrument for change and
    repair.
    Picture yourself as a store. Considering your
    personality and lifestyle, what type of products would be sold there?
    Durable goods – all things that last a lifetime,
    like solid furniture and well-made tools.
    As a child, what was your favorite thing about
    school?
    Meetin’ all the pretty girls.
    Tell us an embarrassing story that has to do
    with a pet. If you have no pets, a story about a significant other will do.
    I’ve, ah… ahem, been caught in a compromising
    situation or two in my day. Can’t say it bothered me as much as it shoulda, but
    then again, what is it the kids like to say, “If you got it, flaunt it.”
    If you came with a warning label, what would
    it say?
    Don’t ask if ya don’t
    want to hear the answer.

    Please Fill in the Blanks

    I love the ladies like nobody’s business.
    I’m always ready for a little nooky.
    When I’m alone, I reminisce, but I don’t dwell on the past since
    there’s always tomorrow.
    You’d never be able to tell, but I’m really an up-standing citizen.
    If I had a halo it would have a question mark attached to it.
    If I could fix Kitty-Kat’s broken marriage, I’d die a happy man.
    I can never stand to see my Kitty-Kat unhappy.

    About the Author

    Lyn Austin
    Lyn Austin is an award winning author and a popular guest lecturer
    throughout the world. She travels extensively but her favorite place is in her picturesque
    riverside home on the Snake River in Idaho,
    where she hosts retreats for writers and artists. She has interviewed over 10,000
    women worldwide for her non-fiction book Prism of Light; 22 questions that will
    help you discover your own endless possibilities. However, Lyn’s real passion is
    writing fiction. She believes that the best gift she can give the world is a couple
    of hours of sheer enjoyment by escaping into the depths of a good book.

    Previous Books

    Prism of Light

    Coming Soon

    The Quiet Storm

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    Website: http://lynaustin22.com